Voyageur (voya-e-zher): a French word meaning "traveler." Legend says that when these French fur trappers first looked down from the Blue Mountains upon the fair fertile valley, they exclaimed: "Voila, Voila!" (Behold, Behold!) and thus the name became fixed. Walla Walla was born.
Bourgeois (boo-zhwa): A French word for “boss,” a high ranking officer of the North West Company, who worked directly with the voyageurs. These French Canadians played key role in establishing Fort Nez Percés, later known as Old Fort Walla Walla, at the mouth of the Walla Walla River.
Coureur des Bois (ku-rer-da-bwa): A Canadian French term meaning “woods runner.” These independent traders lived and traded with native people without the official permission from the French government of New France. This unique red wine blend, much like the renegade Coureur des Bois, tests the boundaries.
This wine hails from the Walla Walla Stalwart — Seven Hills Vineyard. Established in 1981 at the south-central portion of the Walla Walla Valley Appellation, Seven Hills Vineyard is 900 to 1,100 feet above sea level with excellent soil and air drainage.
93 points - Jeb Dunnuck
91 points & Editors' Choice - Wine Enthusiast Magazine
93 points - International Wine Report
We were lucky enough to source from some of the most sought-after Syrah grapes in the Walla Walla Valley: Les Collines, Stone Valley and Yellow Jacket Vineyards. This wine has a deep, penetrating nose of violets, black pepper, tobacco, grilled meat and wild blackberries, all beautifully focused around an abundance of dark fruits, black licorice, kirsch, riverbed minerals and cured black olives. The mouth feel is rich and refined with tremendous concentration, multiple layers of flavor and structured fine grain tannins. Pair this wine with lamb, wild game, beef, hearty stews and hard savory cheeses.
This wine is sourced from one of the oldest vineyards in the Rocks District. The Stone Valley Vineyard was planted in 1999 with Cabernet Sauvignon and with Syrah in 2000.
